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In her inaugural lecture on 8 October 2026, Jacqueline Baxter, Professor of Public Leadership and Management, Open University Business School, Faculty of Business & Law, examined the powerful yet often unseen ways organisational and sociological cultures shape learning, leadership, meaning and occupational identity in today’s workplaces.

The UK’s pension triple lock has only been in place for 15 years. But it’s done the job it was brought in to do, and now it should be scrapped.

A national public health campaign co-developed by The Open University researchers to support UK-wide communities to age well, inclusive of, co-developed with and for unpaid carers, has been shortlisted for the ‘Standout Campaign of the Year’ category at the 2026 Carers UK Awards.

Prof Gini Harrison, from The Open University's School of Psychology and Counselling, has been awarded £110k from Maggie's to help develop a new digital platform that connects people living with oncogene-driven lung cancer to trusted information and support.

Dr Melisa Porter, from The Open University's School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, has secured £94,578 from the Economic and Social Research Council through the Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme.

Dr Angelo Salatino, from the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute , has secured £308,702 (£186,028 to the OU) in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for a project that aims to identify potentially transformative research earlier and more effectively.

Researchers from AstrobiologyOU have uncovered new insights into how microscopic life survives in Lake Karum, Ethiopia, one of the world's most extreme saline environments.

A new centre dedicated to co-creation, co-production, co-design and inclusive approaches to research and teaching has officially launched at The Open University.

Young people must be actively involved in shaping how artificial intelligence is governed if societies are to realise its benefits responsibly and equitably, according to Open University researcher Dr Alexandra Okada.

During the Troubles, a harrowing 30-year conflict over the constitutional status of Northern Ireland, music opened up alternative ways of understanding identity.